Dictionary meanings for duḥkha from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. [duṣṭāni khāni yāsmin, duṣṭaṃ kha- nati khan-ḍa, duḥkh ac vā Tv.] 1 Painful, disagreeable, unpleasant; siṃhānāṃ ninadā duḥkhāḥ śrotuṃ duḥkhamato vanaṃ Rām.
2 Difficult, uneasy. khaṃ 1 Sorrow, grief, unhappiness, distress, pain, agony; sukhaṃ hi duḥkhānyanubhūya śobhate Mk. 1. 10; yadevopanataṃ duḥkhātsukhaṃ tadrasavattaraṃ V. 3. 21; so duḥkhasukha, samaduḥkhasukha &c.
2 Trouble, difficulty; Ś. Til. 12; Pt....
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
mfn. (according to grammarians properly written duṣ-kha and said to be from dus and kha [ cf. su-kh/a ]; but more probably a Pra1kritized Prakritized form for duḥ-stha q.v.) uneasy, uncomfortable, unpleasant, difficult R.; Hariv. (compar. -tara MBh. R.) 483,2... n. (ifc. f (A).) uneasiness, pain, sorrow, trouble, difficulty S3Br. xiv, 7, 2, 15; Mn.; MBh. &c (personified as the son of Naraka naraka and Vedana1 vedanā...
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